Colorado Avalanche at Buffalo Sabres

Oct 13, 2025 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Colorado Avalanche	3	37
Buffalo Sabres	1	28

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
03:14	COL	Nathan MacKinnon (3)	Martin Necas (4), Brent Burns (2)	1 - 0
16:32	BUF	Tage Thompson (1)	Alex Tuch (1), Rasmus Dahlin (1)	1 - 1
2nd Period
04:32	COL	Cale Makar (1)	Valeri Nichushkin (1)	2 - 1
11:59	COL	Nathan MacKinnon (4)	Martin Necas (5), Cale Makar (4)	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
04:38	COL	Jack Drury	Tripping	2
08:56	COL	Team	Too many men on the ice	2
13:42	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Interference	2
18:15	COL	Cale Makar	Slashing	2
2nd Period
08:54	BUF	Alex Tuch	Tripping	2
11:38	COL	Brent Burns	Tripping	2
11:38	BUF	Alex Tuch	Embellishment	2
3rd Period
10:08	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Interference	2
16:12	BUF	Conor Timmins	Delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Colorado Avalanche	62	51	37	3	4.1	45.7
Buffalo Sabres	67	45	28	1	2.3	54.3

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Colorado Avalanche had.

Expected goals

Colorado Avalanche: 4.1 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.3 expected, 1 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Colorado Avalanche

Buffalo Sabres

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Artturi Lehkonen · Nathan MacKinnon · Martin Necas	10:00	63.6	54.4	1-0
Victor Olofsson · Ross Colton · Jack Drury	7:10	58.8	69.5	0-0
Parker Kelly · Joel Kiviranta · Gavin Brindley	5:48	12.5	77.8	0-0
Brock Nelson · Gabriel Landeskog · Valeri Nichushkin	5:05	27.3	32.4	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Devon Toews · Cale Makar	12:11	56.3	66.1	1-0
Brent Burns · Josh Manson	8:50	25.0	23.9	1-0
Ilya Solovyov · Sam Malinski	8:29	17.6	39.1	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	2	0	2	2	0	5	0	21:47	0.51	19-13	0.65-0.38
8	Cale Makar	D	1	1	2	2	2	4	3	25:22	0.37	25-17	1.52-0.62
88	Martin Necas	C	0	2	2	2	0	3	1	18:27	0.28	15-13	0.37-0.38
43	Valeri Nichushkin	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	15:46	0.08	11-10	0.93-0.53
84	Brent Burns	D	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	18:17	0.11	9-15	0.23-0.41
7	Devon Toews	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	23:34	0.09	20-16	1.13-0.54
7	Ilya Solovyov	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	12:04	0.13	8-16	0.53-0.59
11	Brock Nelson	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	16:23	0.12	4-14	0.24-0.67
17	Parker Kelly	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	12:27	0.24	6-11	0.31-0.10
18	Jack Drury	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	13:40	0.56	13-14	1.15-0.48
22	Joel Kiviranta	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11:36		3-13	0.19-0.30
42	Josh Manson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	18:54	0.01	11-19	0.39-0.39
54	Gavin Brindley	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	10:06	0.07	4-12	0.28-0.07
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	17:50		15-9	0.52-0.29
70	Sam Malinski	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:21	0.04	11-20	0.91-0.65
79	Ross Colton	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	13:23	0.28	15-16	0.68-0.38
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	13:35	0.25	13-11	1.03-0.51
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	13:31	0.30	13-16	0.79-0.64

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
41	Scott Wedgewood	W	28	27	1	59:57	2.19	+1.19

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Josh Doan	10:58	68.8	54.0	1-0
Justin Danforth · Jack Quinn · Jiri Kulich	9:58	31.8	23.4	0-1
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Peyton Krebs	8:37	53.8	10.3	0-1
Beck Malenstyn · Josh Dunne · Tyson Kozak	5:24	60.0	70.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Rasmus Dahlin · Bowen Byram	15:57	60.6	39.7	1-1
Conor Timmins · Owen Power	9:30	45.8	32.8	0-1
Jacob Bryson · Ryan Johnson	7:51	59.1	65.9	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	20:14	0.31	24-10	0.91-0.77
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	0	4	4	1	27:19	0.21	22-18	0.70-1.23
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	1	4	2	0	18:28	0.43	23-14	0.91-0.86
15	Justin Danforth	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	17:35		7-19	0.26-1.13
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	15:53	0.01	10-6	0.12-0.31
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	11:07	0.01	10-6	0.05-0.31
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	16:09	0.46	7-15	0.26-0.84
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	18:04	0.01	13-15	0.34-0.68
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	14:49		7-16	0.26-0.84
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25:59	0.14	22-14	0.71-1.12
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	23:24	0.02	14-20	0.34-1.02
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	11:34	0.13	11-8	0.38-0.17
33	Ryan Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:32		14-10	0.53-0.34
44	Josh Dunne	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	06:25	0.02	10-7	0.30-0.35
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	08:35	0.06	14-8	0.39-0.36
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	16:09		7-9	0.04-0.40
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:50	0.09	17-10	0.54-0.34
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	17:34	0.39	23-10	0.90-0.77

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
34	Alex Lyon	L	37	34	3	58:20	3.42	+0.42